Second Star to the Right (Star Trek: TOS zine)

Zine
Title:	Second Star to the Right
Publisher:	Cassandra M. Stewart
Editor(s):	Cassandra M. Stewart
Date(s):	undated
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Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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Second Star to the Right is a gen Star Trek: TOS 62-page anthology by Cassandra M. Stewart.

It is undated.

The Proposed Second Issue

A second issue was planned for February 1986 but it was not completed. From a 1985 submission request in Datazine #38: ""After the Fact" is the "Second Star to the Right" series. It deals with the thoughts and reactions of the Enterprise crew immediately following the death of Spock. Takes place in those long hours between his death & funeral when each crew member was along with their private memories of Spock."

Contents

• Second Chance (1)
• Reunion (16)
• Good Night (25)
• The Meld (40)
• Dana (41)

Reactions and Reviews

This is very much a beginner's piece, and rather sloppy work. No date, no page numbers, no table of contents, etc., and apparently unedited and unproofed. Presumably the stories are the work of the publisher.

• Second Chance, Kirk keeps watch over comatose Uhura, vowing to take the time to get to know her if she recovers.
• Reunion, McCoy meets and spars with his old flame Dr. Cynthia Sharp, presenting her with Stanic roses and eliciting a promise that she will visit the Enterprise to see that he does more than dispense aspirin. Kinda cute story with some nice Kirk/McCoy interactions as well as good bits between Cynthia & McCoy. Insufficiently proofed, and lacking a plot, but a few nice little scenes.
• Good Night, Chekov has frozen at his station, causing three deaths on another ship. Spock assists him in coming to terms with his failure. It's a nice little vignette, though I take exception with the assumption that some such "has happened to us all" and find it unrealistic that Chekov's training would leave him able to freeze up in a crisis, or that it would be forgiven by Kirk and Starfleet.
• The Meld, Unconscious due to electrical shock, Spock accidentally melds with Uhura, resulting in traumatic mind-rape and transfer of memories between them - which can only be remedied by further meld with Spock, which she desperately fears.
• Dana, Mary Sue. Scott falls in love with engineering cadet Dana.